{"product_id":"quealy-musk-creek-pinot-noir-2019","title":"Quealy Musk Creek Pinot Noir 2019","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003ePlanted in 1997 by Kevin and Kathleen with predominantly MV6, the Musk Creek vineyard at Main Ridge is a considerably cooler, and hence later-ripening site than Tussie Mussie or Seventeen Rows. As such, it’s a marginal place to ripen Pinot and low yields are a must (along with plenty of work with the canopy). In 2019, for example, Quealy started picking the home block (for KK01 and Seventeen Rows) on March 4 and 5, while picking at Musk Creek didn’t commence until March 29!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eAs with most of the Pinots here, the wine was 100% destemmed and no whole bunches were used. Tom McCarthy did not sulphur the juice until pressing, trusting the “biology of the vineyard to leave its mark”.  Fermented in two- to three-tonne fermenters, the juice spent four weeks on skins with just one plunging per day. Only the free-run wine was sent to barrel (25% to François Frères, with the remainder to one- to three-year-old hogsheads). Bottled unfiltered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quealy Winemakers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43301129978094,"sku":"19339-750","price":23.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/495d5d06-0ef9-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_19339-750.png?v=1764135942","url":"https:\/\/www.bibendum.com.au\/products\/quealy-musk-creek-pinot-noir-2019","provider":"Bibendum Wine Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}